Fiasco
[fɪ'æskəʊ] or [fɪ'æsko]
Definition
(n.) A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
Checker: Newman
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [It.] Failure, fizzle, abortive attempt.
Edited by Diana
Definition
n. a failure in a musical performance: a failure of any kind.
Typed by Lloyd
Examples
- GLADIATORIAL After the fiasco of the proposal, Birkin had hurried blindly away from Beldover, in a whirl of fury. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had not seen him since the fiasco of his proposal. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Well, after this fiasco I went into the bedroom and examined that also. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The colony was a complete fiasco. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The wedding must not be a fiasco, it must not. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Xenia